On March 26, one day before the start of the WTT Incheon Championships, the national table tennis team seized the time to prepare, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long of the men's team practiced on the same stage, and Liang Jingkun practiced accompanied by teammate Xue Fei. Wang Chuqin, who retired from the tournament, was not idle, attending the WTT press conference in Beijing, where the WTT Grand Slam will be held in October.
The national table tennis sent 3 men and 4 women to the WTT Incheon Championships, and the first round schedule was released. There is only one table in the whole game, and the game starts at 10 a.m. Beijing time, one game after another. On the first match day on March 27, a total of 16 matches were played in the first round, with eight matches for men and eight for each woman, alternating between the women's and men's matches, with South Korea's Tian Zhixi playing the opening match against France's Yuan Jianan. Wang Yidi became the first player to play in the national table tennis team, she is the third match, which is expected to be played around 11:10, against Monaco's Yang Xiaoxin, Liang Jingkun is the sixth game, is expected to play around 12:55, against Sweden's Carlberg, and Ma Long is the 14th game, which is expected to appear around 19:45, against Sweden's Moregard.
The remaining 16 matches will be played on March 38, alternating between men's and women's competitions. Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu will appear. The two high-profile matchups between China and Japan, the match between Sun Yingsha and Miu Hirano is expected to be played at 14:05, and the match between Fan Zhendong and Matsushima Teruku is expected to be played at 19:10. Fan Zhendong will play Chen Meng's match against France's Pavard after the match, and Wang Manyu's match against Germany's Mittram is the final match of the first round, which is expected to be played at 20:55. After arriving in Incheon, the national table tennis team members continued to carry out adaptation training, Fan Zhendong, who was alone in the upper half of the men's singles, trained with Ma Long on the same stage, and both stopped in the second round of the men's singles in the Singapore Grand Slam.
Wang Chuqin, who originally signed up for the competition, withdrew from the Incheon Championship due to physical fatigue and the need to digest the recent harvest. However, Wang Chuqin did not have a good rest, and today, he attended the press conference held by the WTT World Table Tennis Federation in Beijing. The WTT World Table Tennis Federation (WTTF) has announced that Beijing has successfully won the right to host the 2024-2028 WTT China Grand Slam, which will be held from September 23 to October 6 at Beijing's Shijingshan Shougang Park.
Wang Chuqin said that he is very happy that Beijing can host the WTT China Grand Slam, and looks forward to the arrival of the event, and being able to dedicate a top table tennis match to his family and friends at his doorstep will become the most unforgettable memory of his career.